Rules. I like them. I make them all the time. For instance,"I can only eat ice cream once a week this summer," or "I am not allowed to download anything else on iTunes until July," or "I will stop using so many ellipses in emails and blogs."
You get the point.
Probably the only thing I enjoy more than making rules is breaking them. One of my biggest rules is, in fact, that all of my rules are meant to be broken at least on occasion. Afterall, according to one of my favorite clichés, rules were made for that distinct purpose.
This month my trusty always-break-the-rules rule bit me in the proverbial ass. Or, more accurately, it cost me a pretty penny.
First, I got a speeding ticket and waited too long to call about it (Because I was busy, yo! I need more than 15 days to deal with shit like that. What's the hurry Plano Police Department??). Anyway, the speeding and the not responding combined was enough to put a rather sizable dent in the old bank account. On top of that, I wracked up insane amounts of library fees (as is my M.O. and an annual end of the school year frustration).
Today I decided to face reality and pay some fees and fines like a responsible adult. What happened? I left the library and found a parking ticket on my car. Now, I have used this parking lot for over 3 years and NEVER gotten a ticket. But today, on my day-of-fines-and-fees-reckoning, I got a giant yellow ticket. Seems they changed the rules on me. Stupid big shiny new white sign explaining this switcheroo, why did I not see you even though you were, actually, big, shiny, white, and right in front of my face?
Insult, consider yourself added to my injury.
In conclusion, I'm still a big fan of breaking rules.** I will probably eat ice cream 3-4 times a week (Texas is too hot. There's no way around it). I will also probably download the new Grizzly Bear album on iTunes today (even though it is streaming free on their myspace page), and I will never...ever...stop using ellipses....
**Please note this personal policy no longer applies to rules for which the consequence of breaking said rules involves inordinate fines and fees.
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Regarding Rules (as I know you want me to comment on this):
All baseball people believe, "if you're not cheating you're not trying." Baseball people are also some of the last to want to change the rules. It's a game of tradition and "a game of inches"...if anything is done to change those it changes the game. But, within that, "if you're not cheating, you're not trying."
hear hear!
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